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madra

madra

Irish

Alternative forms

madradh (obsolete)

Noun

madra m ‎(genitive singular madra, nominative plural madraí)

dog

Is teann gach madra ag a dhoras féin. ‎(“A cock is bold on his own dunghill.”, literally “Every dog is bold in his own door.”) —Proverb

An té a bhuailfeadh mo mhadra bhuailfeadh sé mé féin. ‎(“Love me love my dog.”, literally “Whoever beats my dog beats me.”) —Proverb

Tá an madra marbh! ‎(“The fat is in the fire!”, literally “The dog is dead!”)

Declension

Declension of madra

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	madra	madraí
Vocative	a mhadra	a mhadraí
Genitive	madra	madraí
Dative	madra	madraí

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an madra	na madraí
Genitive	an mhadra	na madraí
Dative	leis an madra don mhadra	leis na madraí

Synonyms

Derived terms

Terms derived from madra

carrmhadra m ‎(“mangy dog”)
coiléar madra m ‎(“dog collar”)
cró madra m ‎(“kennel”)
madra alla m, madra allta m ‎(“wolf”)
madra bán m ‎(“bee larva”)
madra broic m ‎(“badger-dog, basset”)
madra caorach m ‎(“sheep-dog, collie”)
madra crainn m ‎(“squirrel”)
madra dúiseachta m ‎(“pointer”)

madra éisc m, madra scadán m ‎(“dogfish”)
madra feothain m ‎(“dog-vane”)
madra gaoithe m ‎(“light over horizon portending storm, (sea-)dog”)
madra garbh m ‎(“spiny dogfish”)
madra gearr m ‎(“terrier”)
madra gorm m ‎(“tope”)
madra lathaí m ‎(“guttersnipe; menial; bedraggled person”)
madra maith dráimh m ‎(“good strong non-trump card”)

madra mór m ‎(“greater spotted dogfish”)
madra rua m ‎(“fox; sugar-wrack”)
madra seilge m, madra fiaigh m ‎(“hunting-dog”)
madra taoide m ‎(“strong-running tide”)
madra uisce m ‎(“otter”)
madrúil ‎(“doglike, doggish; brutish, beastly; coarse, unmannerly; obscene”, adj)
maidrín m (diminutive)
smutmhadra m ‎(“pug dog”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
madra	mhadra	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

"madra" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
“madraḋ” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
“madrad, matrad” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.